Weather Informant

Description

Weather Informant allows streamlined access and push notification of all NOAA National Weather Service forecast, watches, advisories, warnings observations, statements and discussions from all 122 Weather Forecast Offices and six specialty centers. This is the only application that allows access to all NWS products. It is quite simply NWS in an app ! The redundant database processes approximately 19,500 products per day.
-All NOAA National Weather Service text forecasts, statements, discussions, observations, tables, matrices, collectives, watches, advisories and warnings
-Valid Time Event Code (VTEC) displayed for all hazard products
-View up to 72 hours of previous products (swipe)
-Identifies your local NWS office based on current location (GPS).
-Browse by individual NWS Office
-Browse by active hazard type
-Add favorites for any product
-Customized favorites by product type, NWS office and keyword search
-Enable push notification of any product favorite
- Customized alert sounds
-Favorite keywords are highlighted for easy viewing
-Pinch zoom or zoom in and out
- Hazards Around Me feature delivers active NWS watches & warnings specific to your current NWS zone based on your smartphone location (GPS).
- Hazards Around Me utilizes background location services to track your current NWS zone based on lat/long and send you hazard notifications that are relevant to your current location.*
*Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

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Reviews

Was my favorite wx app...

1

Used this app everyday. And working for a local tv station, it was nice to be able to stay up on the weather around the area. It was nice to get so much information (watches, warnings, AFDs) pushed straight to my phone.
Then they went and added a “subscription” just to get those pushes. I get it. Wanting to make money on an app you created. But to provide those pushes for free for years but now it costs. Nope. I’m out.

By G_smith2821

Paid Subscription needed

1

Paid Subscription needed

By Marklck1

Was good questionable now

3

No longer can find the davenport weather service and Iowa severe thunderstorm watches and warnings are out and push notifications are on nothing if you use the davenport weather service not recommended

By Iowa storm hunter

Very nice Lee put together

5

As a blind person, knowing what the weathers going to do for me for traveling every day is an absolute necessity. I am pleased to say that this app accomplishes that all in one seamless app. VoiceOver works very well with this app, everything reads, buttons are properly labeled, and I can get around the app with no problems. I absolutely love when an app developer designs an app with Accessibility in mind right from the beginning, and this app developer has clearly done their job and done it very well.

By Brandon armstrong

Great for Storm Spotters and Weather Enthusiasts

5

Excellent app for storm spotters and weather enthusiasts to have quick and easy access to National Weather Service text-based products. I use this app every day. Push alerts and and favorites feature are especially handy.

By Copper Commuter

WxTerryD

5

This app is amazing. ANY product from ANY National Weather Service office or Storm Prediction Center can be pushed immediately to your device as soon as it is issued. The tech support is second to none if you have any questions or need help. With location services on this app can alert you of any weather alerts issued by the NWS for your current location.

By Tddwx

Works great.

5

Love current version (2016) with the upgraded "Hazards around me".

By Gaveel

flakey

1

Not stable, erratic performance and frequent crashes.

By Depatton

It's a work in progress

5

I have searched long and hard for an app that could deliver custom weather notifications to my phone. This app is that app and I relied on it for my weather alert notifications ever since downloading it. Yes this app has had issues, in fact I got so frustrated with the bugs I contacted the developers. To my delight they have been super responsive and have helped fix issues that I have contacted them with. This app has a lot of potential and I am hopeful that continued development of this app can make it into a powerful weather enthusiast tool.

By MGWeatherman08

Nice

5

Everything you need is all here. Worth the price and it works flawlessly. The alerts pop up more than once but I'm sure that'll be fixed. Nice app!!!